flâneur

My personal framework for flourishing

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A perfect time to revisit my values on career, happiness, and growth.

F lourishing is a wonderful word. I first encountered it during my philosophy classes, while discussing its Greek translation, eudaimonia (εὐδαιμονία). The Greek word can also be loosely translated as happiness or welfare . As Aristotle says : [Ch 9] …Happiness (eudaimonia) comes to one by means of virtue and some sort of learning or training… [Ch 5] virtues are neither feelings nor predispositions…they are active conditions (hexis). ( Nichomachean Ethics , 2002 ) Flourishing is not permanent—you may have it now but can lose it later. Rather, it is an active condition (ἕξις) you have to mainta

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